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76th meridian west

The meridian 76° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The 76th meridian west forms a great circle with the 104th meridian east.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 76th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 76°0′W / 90°N 76°W / 90; -76 (Arctic Ocean) Arctic Ocean
83°3′N 76°0′W / 83.05°N 76°W / 83.05; -76 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Ellesmere Island
77°59′N 76°0′W / 77.983°N 76°W / 77.983; -76 (Baffin Bay) Baffin Bay Passing just east of Bylot Island, Nunavut,  Canada
72°34′N 76°0′W / 72.567°N 76°W / 72.567; -76 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baffin Island
69°23′N 76°0′W / 69.383°N 76°W / 69.383; -76 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
69°1′N 76°0′W / 69.017°N 76°W / 69.017; -76 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Baird Peninsula, Baffin Island
68°47′N 76°0′W / 68.783°N 76°W / 68.783; -76 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
68°18′N 76°0′W / 68.3°N 76°W / 68.3; -76 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Prince Charles Island
67°15′N 76°0′W / 67.25°N 76°W / 67.25; -76 (Foxe Basin) Foxe Basin
65°15′N 76°0′W / 65.25°N 76°W / 65.25; -76 (Canada)  Canada Nunavut - Foxe Peninsula, Baffin Island
64°22′N 76°0′W / 64.367°N 76°W / 64.367; -76 (Hudson Strait) Hudson Strait
62°20′N 76°0′W / 62.333°N 76°W / 62.333; -76 (Canada)  Canada Quebec
Ontario - passing just west of Ottawa
44°21′N 76°0′W / 44.35°N 76°W / 44.35; -76 (United States)  United States New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
38°17′N 76°0′W / 38.283°N 76°W / 38.283; -76 (Chesapeake Bay) Chesapeake Bay
38°1′N 76°0′W / 38.017°N 76°W / 38.017; -76 (United States)  United States Maryland - Smith Island
37°56′N 76°0′W / 37.933°N 76°W / 37.933; -76 (Chesapeake Bay) Chesapeake Bay
37°51′N 76°0′W / 37.85°N 76°W / 37.85; -76 (United States)  United States Virginia - Tangier Island
37°49′N 76°0′W / 37.817°N 76°W / 37.817; -76 (Chesapeake Bay) Chesapeake Bay
37°21′N 76°0′W / 37.35°N 76°W / 37.35; -76 (United States)  United States Virginia - tip of the Delmarva Peninsula
37°10′N 76°0′W / 37.167°N 76°W / 37.167; -76 (Chesapeake Bay) Chesapeake Bay
36°55′N 76°0′W / 36.917°N 76°W / 36.917; -76 (United States)  United States Virginia
North Carolina
36°10′N 76°0′W / 36.167°N 76°W / 36.167; -76 (Albemarle Sound) Albemarle Sound
35°43′N 76°0′W / 35.717°N 76°W / 35.717; -76 (United States)  United States North Carolina
35°27′N 76°0′W / 35.45°N 76°W / 35.45; -76 (Pamlico Sound) Pamlico Sound
35°5′N 76°0′W / 35.083°N 76°W / 35.083; -76 (United States)  United States North Carolina - Ocracoke Island
35°4′N 76°0′W / 35.067°N 76°W / 35.067; -76 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just east of the island of Eleuthera,  Bahamas
Passing just west of Little San Salvador Island,  Bahamas
23°41′N 76°0′W / 23.683°N 76°W / 23.683; -76 (Bahamas)  Bahamas Great Exuma Island
23°36′N 76°0′W / 23.6°N 76°W / 23.6; -76 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Passing just west of the Jumentos Cays,  Bahamas
21°6′N 76°0′W / 21.1°N 76°W / 21.1; -76 (Cuba)  Cuba
19°58′N 76°0′W / 19.967°N 76°W / 19.967; -76 (Caribbean Sea) Caribbean Sea Passing just east of  Jamaica
9°22′N 76°0′W / 9.367°N 76°W / 9.367; -76 (Colombia)  Colombia
0°18′N 76°0′W / 0.3°N 76°W / 0.3; -76 (Ecuador)  Ecuador
2°4′S 76°0′W / 2.067°S 76°W / -2.067; -76 (Peru)  Peru
14°28′S 76°0′W / 14.467°S 76°W / -14.467; -76 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean
60°0′S 76°0′W / 60°S 76°W / -60; -76 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
69°38′S 76°0′W / 69.633°S 76°W / -69.633; -76 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)
69°44′S 76°0′W / 69.733°S 76°W / -69.733; -76 (Southern Ocean) Southern Ocean
72°47′S 76°0′W / 72.783°S 76°W / -72.783; -76 (Antarctica) Antarctica Territory claimed by  Chile (Antártica Chilena Province) and by the  United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory)

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